I might break down this weekend and buy . . .

I think this was baby Seth last year with his mother when he was only a few days or weeks old.

Berry Meadow Alpaca Farms is having an alpaca weekend in Far Hills this weekend, their first one of the holiday season. Hamilton and Seth, two alpacas who were born last year, will be at the Schumann’s garage at 396 Whitenack Road, on the Far Hills/Bernardsville border, and Carole will be selling her yarn and kits.

These are some of the kits that contain Carole Schuman's designs and yarn at Berry Meadow Farm.

In September, I bought a skein of Berry Meadow Farm’s sport-weight Arthur’s Kids yarn. It’s baby alpaca yarn, so it’s extra soft, and it’s a lovely warm, tan color. I think it’s about $19 or $20 a skein. I bought it to combine it with some other yarn I have from alpaca farms, including Woods Edge and Pronkers, but now I’m thinking that maybe I will get another skein or two and use it on its own. Maybe I could make Gwenn’s shawl with it. Or not. I’ve been doing very well on the budget lately, and I have a lot of big-ticket items to deal with.

This is the sort of temptation I struggle with all the time . . .

Whether I buy it or not, I think I’ll go up there and see what Carole is selling and say hello. I really enjoy seeing her stuff.

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Pam MacKenzie grew up in a real estate family. Her parents were real estate brokers and office managers, and she herself was a licensed agent in the 1970s. But early on, Pam discovered she'd much rather write about the industry than sell. Now in her eighth year as the real estate editor at the Courier News, Pam believes she has the best job at the paper. In this blog, she's on a mission to empower readers to give them a strong understanding of anything and everything that can impact their ability to own a home. And she believes passionately that when you understand the real estate industry in New Jersey, you understand so much more: the education system, economic and racial bias, the way politics works or doesn't work and ecology, to name a few. She invites everybody to leave lots of comments, even when they disagree with her.

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Our real estate editor, Pam MacKenzie, expresses her creative side in this blog about knitting. Pam learned to knit at age 6, when her friend’s mother made Pam’s doll a dress, and Pam wanted to make more. Her mother wanted her to learn how to sew in high school, but she was afraid of the sewing machines, cutting fabric the wrong way, and the potential that sewing would have for bringing down her grade-point average. Every year, she managed to find a course conflict to avoid sewing classes. But the day after high school graduation, she took her graduation money to a fabric store, bought a kit to make a sweater, taught herself to read patterns and never looked back. These days, she knits a prayer shawl every month, along with sweaters, tote bags, gift bags and other goodies. She also designs many of her projects. Read More About PamE-mail Pam